• Cannelés de Bordeaux
  Little Fluted Cakes, a local pastry delicacy - both creamy and crunchy. Much has been written about the origin of this specialty of Bordeaux… Legend has it that the sisters of the Annonciade created the cannelé (meaning "fluted") in the 16th century; their convent was located close to the St. André hospital in Bordeaux. The nuns would collect the flour from the holds of the ships (Bordeaux was a flourishing port at the time) and prepare these little cakes for the city's most underprivileged...

All of this is washed down with one of the very best red wines from Graves, the Médoc or Saint Emilion de Pomerol, or perhaps a more modest, but still generous wine from the Côtes de Bourg or Côtes de Blaye. There are also the dry and medium-dry white wines from Entre-Deux-Mers and Graves and the mellower and sweeter Premières Côtes de Bordeaux and Sauternes wines. And let's not forget the forthright and attractive charms of Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur wines….

Wine is inextricably linked to the history of Bordeaux.
For almost two millennia, vineyards have shaped the city and sculpted the landscape of the surrounding region as well as playing a major role in the prosperity of the local economy. Bordeaux is at the center of the largest fine wine producing region in the world - more than 120,000 hectares of exceptional richness: 57 regional, sub-regional and municipal appellations d'origine contrôlée , and more than 5000 châteaux, 60 cooperative wine cellars, 400 trading companies… The area's wines are among the most prestigious on earth, with famous names like Pétrus, Yquem, Mouton Rothschild, Cheval Blanc, Haut Brion...